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Differences in expression of male aggression between wild bonobos and chimpanzees.

ABSTRACT: Researchers investigating the evolution of human aggression look to our closest living relatives, bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), as valuable sources of comparative data.¹^,² Males in the two species exhibit contrasting patterns: male chimpanzees sexually coerce females³^,⁴^,⁵^,⁶^,⁷^,⁸ and sometimes kill conspecifics,⁹^,¹⁰^,¹¹^,¹² whereas male bonobos exhibit less sexual coercion¹³^,¹⁴ and no reported killing.¹³ Among the various attempts to explain these species differences, the self-domestication hypot

SUBMITTER: Mouginot M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11167569 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Differences in expression of male aggression between wild bonobos and chimpanzees.

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